New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-29
FARM MAN 6 & NJ ENT
Farmers Of Small Means Require
Considerable Time for I'M
proving Their Places.
Value Of the Wood Of the Catalpa Tree
Success Of Business Men
in Farming.
Inrd Advice to Follow.

that they should keep no scrub AMI
mails on their places, and that they
should on no account in grading up
their stock obtain the services Of males
that are not Of pure blood and Of the
most approved breeds. They state
what is true-that an inferior colt, COW,
OF, pig eats as much as one that is SUI
perior in all respects, while it is not
worth half as much to keep or sell. Ii
man is to keep COWS for producing
milk, they advise him to build up d
frst-class herd of Jerseys, Ayreshires,
or Holsteins. They will fill the milk
pail if they are kept on the place, and
will fill the pocket if they are sold to
breeders or dairymen. Farmers are
assured that Herefords and shorthorns
eat no more than scrubs, while they
mature at an earlier age, attain much
larger size, furnish better feed, and
bring a higher price in the market.
Not unfrequently these papers show
the difference in the price obtained for
two lots OF steers of the same age, one
lot being graded Herefords or short
horns and the other natives or
scrubs. The great advantages of
keeping blooded sheep and pigs are
shown in the same way, while an even
better showing is made in relation to
horses designed for work OF pleasure.
Advocates of timber culture ordinari-
ly advise farmers to set out none but
the best varieties of trees, and general
" recommend them to obtain their
stock from nurSerymen who know how
to start them and take caro- of them
while they are small. They show that
willow and Whtewoods afford no yalu-
able timber, while they produce only
very inferior fuel. Still those trees oc-
cupy as much land as black walnuts,
hickories, and other varieties Of trees
which furnish excellent lumber and
very superior fuel. They give lists of
trees designed for ornament and shade
that will cost from 50 to S. each, and
which must ordinarily be obtained from
distance. Drainage sharps always
state that open drains are denominations,
and that tile should be used in all cases
for carrying off water. Agricultural
engineers point to the great advantage
OF windmills for raising water, grind
ing grain, and running saws for split
ting posts and cutting wood. Some
even recommend every farmer to have
steam engine on his place. Rural
architects recommend farm houses
!! that have all the modern improvements
found in costly city mansions. The ex-
pensive machines and implements that
the average farmer is advised to pur-
chase for the purpose of saving labor
would fill his barn and yard, and would
represent more money than all his
land.
Advice is always cheap to give, but it
is generally quite expensive to follow.
Such, at any rate, is the case with the
advice ordinarily given to farmers about
improving and stocking their places.
1t may be most excellent for persons of
large means who are engaged in farm
ing, Embarrassing, or stock breeding
chiefly for pleasure. It may also be
good for farmers of extensive capital
who are seeking pleasure as well as
proht IN managing an estate. 1t is,
however, worse than worthless to the
average small farmer, to the homestead
Ell out on the frontier, and to the man
who is struggling to support family
and to pay for a place. In each of these
it acts as a discouragement, serves to
make them disconnected with their lot.
and often serves to lead them into temp
tations. 1t reminds them of how many
things others have and of how few
they have themselves. It causes them
to think that they are laboring under
disadvantages certain to produce fail
ure. It makes them uneasy and dis
couraged. What these men need is en-
couragement and suggestions. about
how touse what they have to the best
advantage. 1t is well for them to un-.
derstand that the majority of the far
mers who are raising fine cattle, horses,
andsheep commenced with a t:scrub"
stock, lived in shanties, drew water
from a spring, and had but poor tools
for cultivating their land.
The man who is commencing farm
ing with little capital except that rep
resented by his land can not indulge in
any luxuries, and must deny himself
many of the things that conduce to
pleasure and tend to make farm work
easy. Fine animals and expensive ma
chimes would be found profitable, but
in most cases there would be no profit
in buying them on credit or in borrow
ing money at the rate lie would have
to pay for it. Lately there has been a
disposition to speak disparaginglv OF all
animals that have not long pedigrees
and do not belong to the recognized
breeds. The worshippers of our ami
NAL aristocracy look with contempt on
animals that are not pure bred, and
bestow hard names on them. Still
these creatures are very useful in their
way. They are hardy, and on that ac-
count are we'll adapted to new farms.
not well supplied with buildings. The
pampered shorthorn COW and the thor
|oughbred horse are not suited to new
country. A COW that represents no
| particular breed may give Il good mess
Of -milk night and morning for ten
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